The 15th Indian Division was a formation of the British Indian Army, operational from 1916 to 1919.

The division was formed on 7 May 1916 on the Euphrates Front in Mesopotamia, as a replacement for 12th Indian Division

12th Indian Division

For the World War II formation see 12th Indian Infantry DivisionThe 12th Indian Division was formed in March 1915 from units of the British Indian Army. It formed part of the Tigris Corps, for service during the Mesopotamia Campaign of World War I...

. It served throughout the war on the Euphrates Front, and was formally disbanded in March 1919. The division was not attached to either of the army corps operating in Mesopotamia, the I Corps

I Corps (British India)

for the current Indian Army formation see I Corps The I Indian Corps was an army corps of the British Indian Army in World War I. It was formed at the outbreak of war under the title Indian Corps from troops sent to the Western Front. The British Indian Army did not have a pre-war corps structure,...

 and III Corps.

Order of Battle July 1918

• 12th Indian Infantry Brigade
  • 1/5th Bn. Queen's Royal Regiment
    Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
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  • 1st Bn. 90th Punjabis
    90th Punjabis
    The 90th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1799 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 90th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922...
    
    
  • 1st Bn. 43rd Erinpura Regiment
    43rd Erinpura Regiment
    The 43rd Erinpura Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army. They were raised in 1860, as the Erinpoorah Irregular Force by a Lt-Col J F W Hall and at that time consisted of both cavalry and infantry units. After the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903, they became an infantry...
    
    
  • 2nd Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles
    39th Garhwal Rifles
    The 39th Garhwal Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were raised as the Aligarh Levy, but was disbanded after disgracing itself at the Rawalpindi Review in 1888....
    
    
  • 128 M.G. Coy
    Machine Gun Corps
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  • 12 Lt. T.M.
    Stokes Mortar
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     Bty

• 42nd Indian Infantry Brigade
  • 1/4th Bn. Dorset Regiment
    Dorset Regiment
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  • 2nd Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles
  • 2nd Bn. 6th Gurkha Rifles
  • 1st Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles
  • 130 M.G. Coy
  • 42 Lt. T.M. Bty

• 50th Indian Infantry Brigade
  • 1st Bn. Ox & Bucks
    Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army.The regiment was formed as a consequence of Childers reforms, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms, by the amalgamation of the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 52nd Regiment of Foot , forming the 1st...
    
    
  • 1st Bn. 6th Jat Light Infantry
    Jat Regiment
    The Jat Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army and is one of the longest serving and most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. The regiment has won 19 battle honours between 1839 to 1947 and post independence 5 battle honours, Two Ashok Chakras, eight Mahavir Chakras, eight Kirti...
    
    
  • 1st Bn. 14th Ferozepore Sikhs
  • 1st Bn. 97th Deccan Infantry
    97th Deccan Infantry
    The 97th Deccan Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origin to 1794, when they were the 3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division in the Hyderabad State army...
    
    
  • 256 M.G. Coy
  • 50 Lt. T.M. Bty

• Divisional Artillery
  • CCXXII Brigade RFA
    RFA
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    • 375 Bty. RFA
    • 1070 Bty. RFA
    • 1072 Bty. RFA
    • 429 (Howitzer)
      QF 4.5 inch Howitzer
      The Ordnance QF 4.5 inch Howitzer was the standard British Empire field howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5 inch Howitzer and equipped some 25% of the field artillery. It entered service in 1910 and remained in service through the interwar period and was last used in...
      
       Bty. RFA
  • CCXV Brigade RFA
    • 1087 Bty. RFA
    • 1088 Bty. RFA
    • 816 Bty. RFA
    • 524 (Howitzer) Bty. RFA
    • Volunteer Battery

• Divisional troops
  • 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force)
  • 448 Field Company RE
    Royal Engineers
    The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
    
    
  • 450 Field Company RE
  • 451 Field Company RE
  • 48th Pioneers
    48th Pioneers
    The 48th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1901, when they were raised as the 48th Bengal Infantry....
    
    
  • 275 M.G. Coy

Battle honours

11 September 1916 Action of As Sahilan

28–29 September 1917 Capture of Ramadi

9 March 1918 Occupation of Hit

26–27 March 1918 Action of Khan Baghdadi

Action of Khan Baghdadi

The Action of Khan Baghdadi was an engagement during the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I.The 15th Indian Division had been at Ramadi since its capture of the town in September 1917...

External links

• British Empire has list of all Indian Army regiments with pictures of their regimental badges.